Legless lizards are reptiles. Reptiles are cold blooded, have scales and breath air. They can also be called ‘flap footed’ lizards. This group of lizards has lost their arms, and have no legs apart from small scally flaps where they once were. Legless lizards are not snakes, snakes have slender forked tongues while legless lizards have fleshy tongues, Most speices have a visible ear opening, this is never present on snakes. Legless lizard tails are much longer than their body, while snakes have short tails.

FACT: Many species are nocturnal and difficult to find

FACT: Legless lizards are closely related to geckos, they can almost be considered geckos without legs!